A coalition of America’s most prominent sports organizations has penned a letter to members of Congress asking them to renew a long-standing gun control law. The companies are requesting that the legislature renew the Undetectable Firearms Act (UFA), arguing that the law makes it easier to protect those attending sports events.
The act, which is set to expire soon, is yet another anti-gun law that needlessly restricts the right to keep and bear arms and should not be renewed – although it probably will be.
In the letter, the companies claim the UFA “has helped keep Americans safe in public spaces that utilize metal detection to prevent the admittance of firearms, including at the thousands of events that our organizations host each year.”
The document continues, explaining why the law is supposedly necessary for helping them protect attendees at sporting events.
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